Teaching and Learning edition

Dear Parent/ Carers.

Welcome to the second edition of our new newsletters from school that aims to give you

more information about how your child learns at school and more importantly how you

can help your child at home. This newsletter is based around Teaching and Learning. I

hope it will give you more information and improve your knowledge of school. If there

are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me for further assistance

Best Wishes.

VIP (very independent person) badges

This year we are starting to put onus on children to take responsibility

for their own learning during the school day.

When children arrive at school in the morning, they spend 10 minutes

doing ‘independence time’. During this time children can choose an ac-

tivity that will help them to learn, with the aim to raise the children’s own expectations.

These activities can include: practicing spellings or times tables; completing book tasks;

responding to teacher feedback; finishing off work from lessons or reading for pleasure.

After this time in the morning, teachers choose 4 VIP’s for the day and these children

wear a VIP badge. The badges have been a great motivator, encouraging a calm, focused

Homework grids

Following the update of our school website, each year group page

will now include a link to homework ideas. With each new topic, a

homework grid will be available that provides a list of creative ideas

for you and your child to choose from. Completing one or more of

these tasks will really help to encourage and inspire your child to

learn more about their new topic. Children really enjoy sharing

their home learning with their class too, so why not have a look on

Most children have a natural way of picking up new info — they learn

best either by listening, looking, or doing. There are many different

combinations of learning styles and it is important to note that no one

is ever just one concrete style. We all learn in a variety of ways and

each time your child is just “not getting it” you may need to re-evaluate

and approach it in a different way. Take the quiz below to reveal how

your child's brain works best,

1. You let your child pick out one toy at a pound store. Which are they most likely to choose?

a) Pencil crayons b) Play microphone or headphones c) Hula hoop or football

2. If your child could only pick one after-school activity, which would they choose?

a) Art lessons b) Music lessons c) Sports or drama lessons

3. You’re out to dinner and there’s a 10-minute wait. How does your child occupy themselves?

a) Drawing b) Talking c) Fidgeting

4. When your child picks the family activity, which is he most likely to choose?

a) Watch a movie b) Listening to music c) Play a Sport

5. When your child reads a book to themselves, they:

a) Sits quietly, immersed in its contents b) Mouths the words aloud or asks you to read it to

them

c) Fidgets frequently

6. Which of these iPad activities is your child most drawn to?

a) Looking at photos b) Listening to music c) Playing a game

Mostly A’s: Learns by looking

Your child responds best when new material is in lists, charts, graphs, and diagrams. A

little colour goes a long way: They can write spelling words or state capitals in different

colours so they’re easier to memorize. Abstract maths homework goes faster when you give

your visual kid objects to help them think through the problem. (If I had 12 M&M’s and

Mom ate 7, how many are left?)

Mostly B’s: Learns by listening

If your child is one of the 10 percent of kids who are auditory learners, they do well with

verbal instructions and shines in discussions. They’ll learn faster if they have a voice re-

corder: Saying things aloud can help retain info, and re-playing the recording boosts

comprehension even more. If you turns a book’s dialogue into a puppet show, they’ll remem-

ber the story.

Mostly C’s: Learns by doing

Like the majority of children, your child absorbs info best when they’re physically en-

gaged on some level. Many kinesthetic learners have trouble sitting still for long stretches.

So turn homework into a sporting event: Let them shoot a foam basketball into a laundry

Get to know the teachers!

Here at Albert Bradbeer, staff are always striving to improve

themselves. We believe that learning is a life long process and

our very own year 4 teacher, Miss Saunders, is the perfect ex-

ample! She is currently studying for her MA (masters) de-

gree along with Mr Mann.

Miss Saunders-

Subject specialism: Music

Favourite subject to teach: Maths

Favourite topic to teach: Traders and Raiders

I am sure you will join us in wishing both Miss Saunders and Mr Mann all the best

with their studies!

Teacher fun fact!

Here at Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy, there have been lots of new and exciting de-

velopments to teaching and learning!

Staff have been very excited about new training opportunities and are working hard to

continually improve their practice. Training so far this year has included work on:

The maths mastery approach

Improving the strategies for the teaching of reading.

Our cornerstones curriculum

What's coming up…

Training on the mastery approach for English

Staff training on effective questioning in the

classroom

Educational Quote of the week

Non-Educational Quote of the week

What have the children at Albert Bradbeer enjoyed about their

learning?

Year 1

“I have enjoyed making 2

digit numbers using dice”

Year 2

“I have loved getting

messy and making po-

Year 5

“I enjoy writing the most! It is

a way that I can really express

Year 3

“I have really enjoyed my Year 4

“I have enjoyed spending

time working on improving

Year 6

“My maths work linked with solv-

ing money problems has been really

enjoyable and it will help me when I